Needle Art, National Traveling Exhibition Various Cities throughout U.S.A.
2001 – 2006
Project Space,Ten in One Gallery,December 2001 – January 2002
Arrested Development (group show) New Rochelle College,New York
Feb. – April 2002
Pasted On (group show) Carl Hammer,Chicago Il
Jan 11 – Feb. 9 2002
Solo Exhibiton, Ten in One Gallery, New York City
Dec 12 – Jan 2001
Thrill of it All,Ten in One Gallery
Summer 2000
2000 Clowns, University of Illinois, Normal, IL
2000
Chicago Critic’s Choice, Jan Cicero Gallery,Chicago Il
Jan. 14 – Feb. 19, 2000
Urban Conditions: Young Chicago Artists, Wabash College,Crawfordsville Indiana
Nov. 5 – Dec. 10,1999
It Looks Easy, Gallery 400,University of Illinois at Chicago
Sept. 1999
John Spear & Jeff Wiesfeld, Gallery Monumental,Lisboa, Portugal
Aug. 1999
Needle Art, Bedford Gallery Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
April 23 – June 20 1999
Art Chicago, Navy Pier
May 1999
Art Expo , Frankfurt Germany
June 1999
Bed, Bath & Beyond, Solo Exhibition, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago
March 26-April 24,1999
I, Animal, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
February 19-March 20,1999
Art Expo , San Francisco
October 1998
Art Chicago.Navy Pier
May 1998
Art Expo ,Frankfurt, Germany
June 1998
Sick as a Dog,Ten In One Gallery, Chicago
Jan. 9 – Feb. 14, 1998
Urban Views, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago
Sept. 12 – Oct. 17, 1997
Three Paintings, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
Paris France,June – July 1997
Solo Exhibition (Social Work),Ten In One Gallery,Chicago
Oct. 18 – Nov. 23, 1997
Solo Exhibition,Focus on Contemporary Illinois, State of Illinois Museum
Springfield/Chicago ,March 13 – Nov. 29, 1996
Not Just Another Pretty Face,Portrait Project,Hyde Park Art Center,Chicago
May 1995
Youth Culture Killed My Dog (But I Don’t Really Mind),Contemporary Arts Council
Tom Blackman Gallery,Chicago
April 1995
John Spear, Hiroko Saito, Mike Lash ,University of Indiana Gallery,Bloomington,IN
February 1996
John Spear and Hiroko Saito, Ten In One Gallery,Chicago
January 1994
Right With The World,Ten in One Gallery,Chicago
December 1992
Sentimental Show, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
February 1992
One Night Stand, Gallery 1370,Chicago
December 1990
My Pet Show,Gallery 1370,Chicago
October 1989
Black And White, ARC Gallery, Chicago
March 1989
Refrigerator Door Show,Hyde Park Art Center ,Chicago
December 1988
Cartoonlike, Moming Gallery, Chicago
June 1988
Work We Really Like,Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago
August 1987
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fellowship Award Recipient Exhibition
June and August 1985
Joint Compound,Glenwood Theater Building,Chicago
October 1984
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,Annual Exhibition
May 1984
Biblography
Time Out (NYC) -December 2000
Chicago Sun Times-Jan 24, 2002
Express Lisbon-August 1999
New Art Examiner cover May 1999
NewCity (Chicago)-March 3, 1999
Chicago Reader-November 1, 1996
NewCity (Chicago)-October 16, 1996
Chicago Magazine-October 1996
Chicago Tribune-April 15, 1995
Flash Art-Summer 1994
New Art Examiner-May 1994
Chicago Tribune-February 11, 1994
Art Muscle-January 1989
selected exhibition list
Needle Art
National Traveling Exhibition
Various Cities through out U.S.A.
2001 – 2006
Project Space
Ten in One Gallery
December 2001 – January 2002
Arrested Development (group show)
New Rochelle College
New Rochelle
New York
Feb. – April
2002
Pasted On (group show)
Carl Hammer
Chicago Il
Jan 11 – Feb. 9
2002
solo exhibiton
Ten in One Gallery
New York City
Dec 12 – Jan 2001
thrill of it all
Ten in One Gallery
Summer
2000
2000 Clowns
University of Illinois
Normal, IL
2000
Critic’s Choice
Jan Cicero
Chicago Il
Jan. 14 – Feb. 19, 2000
Urban Conditions:
Young Chicago Artists
Wabash College
Crawfordsville Indiana
Nov. 5 – Dec. 10,1999
It Looks Easy
Gallery 400
University of Illinois
Chicago
Sept. 1999
John Spear & Jeff Wiesfeld
Gallery Monumental
Lisboa, Portugal
Aug. 1999
Needle Art
Bedford Gallery Regional Center
for the Arts
Walnut Creek, CA
April 23 – June 20
1999
Art Chicago
Navy Pier
May 1999
Art Expo
Frankfurt Germany
June 1999
Bed, Bath & Beyond
Solo Exhibition
Ten in One Gallery
Chicago
March 26-April 24,1999
I, Animal
Contemporary Art Workshop
Chicago
February 19-March 20,1999
Art Expo
San Francisco
October 1998
Art Chicago
Navy Pier
May 1998
Art Expo
Frankfurt, Germany
June 1998
Sick as a Dog
Ten In One Gallery
Chicago
Jan. 9 – Feb. 14, 1998
Urban Views
Cliff Dwellers Club
Chicago
Sept. 12 – Oct. 17, 1997
Three Paintings
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
Paris France
June – July 1997
Solo Exhibition (Social Work)
Ten In One Gallery
Chicago
Oct. 18 – Nov. 23, 1997
Solo Exhibition
Focus on Contemporary Illinois
State of Illinois Museum
Springfield/Chicago
March 13 – Nov. 29, 1996
Not Just Another Pretty Face
Portrait Project
Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago
May 1995
Youth Culture Killed My Dog
(But I Don’t Really Mind)
Contemporary Arts Council
Tom Blackman Gallery
Chicago
April 1995
John Spear, Hiroko Saito
and Mike Lash
University of Indiana Gallery
Bloomington, IN
February 1996
John Spear and Hiroko Saito
Ten In One Gallery
Chicago
January 1994
Right With The World
Ten in One Gallery
Chicago
December 1992
Sentimental Show
Beret International Gallery
Chicago
February 1992
One Night Stand
Gallery 1370
Chicago
December 1990
My Pet Show
Gallery 1370
Chicago
October 1989
Black And White
ARC Gallery
Chicago
March 1989
Refrigerator Door Show
Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago
December 1988
Cartoonlike
Moming Gallery
Chicago
June 1988
Some People Whose Work We Really Like
Northern Illinois University Gallery
Chicago
August 1987
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Fellowship Award
Recipient Exhibition
June and August 1985
Joint Compound
Glenwood Theater Building
Chicago
October 1984
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Annual Exhibition
May 1984
Kalamazoo Art Center
John Spear & Todd Zimmerman
May 1981
Biblography
Time Out (NYC)
December 2000
Chicago Sun Times
Jan 24, 2002
Express Lisbon
August 1999
New Art Examiner
cover May 1999
NewCity (Chicago)
March 3, 1999
Chicago Reader
November 1, 1996
NewCity (Chicago)
October 16, 1996
Chicago Magazine
October 1996
Chicago Tribune
April 15, 1995
Flash Art
Summer 1994
New Art Examiner
May 1994
Chicago Tribune
February 11, 1994
Art Muscle
January 1989
This site currently contains selections from the following series:
Social Work, Classical Reference,
Bed, Bath and Beyond, Sumi,
U & Me and our beautiful life together.
All selections are in no particular order.
Currently all featured pieces are in private or public collections though some are available for purchase as well as for use as reproduction for a reasonable fee. Inquires about reproduction or acquisition of an original piece can be sent directly to jspear3@earthlink.net
1 comment:
Dude...I so love your work...surreal, sometimes sinister, and hilarious! :)
- Justin -
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